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Good job guys we've all been waiting for this.. I know there were quite a few who got upset when the thread was locked.. SO the million dollar question.. How much? Price shipped to 98312 please

Oh! I forgot to mention in burnt titanium please.. Got too excited just seeing it was complete.. Is this a boot and shift knob combo or just the knob?

Sorry for the crappy pics. Stayed up to get this complete. Here are a few details. We are looking for a group buy of at least 10 people for this. Prices will be up in the morning. Also for the boot we have many options such as stock boot cover(6mt tran use), carbon fiber, and any and all coloring and stitching.

There will be 6 knobs to choose from and it comes with personal engraving to those who want it.

finally!!!

nice .. been waiting for this since I got my Z a few months ago.. the one thing that the evo had that the z doest is a good looking AT shifter..

When the thread was locked I thought the project was completely abandoned.... makes sense in my head. My bad. I'm glad the final product is out. The 350z sticks looked shorter. Especially in carbon fiber guise.

I like it except for one thing. It looks tall. Is there a way to shorten the stick a little?

i dont care about the boot much, dont want to make my car look like a MT.
I just want a shorter and better looking shift knob like the GTR's

If you make it shorter or shave some of the plastic on the top , won't work. This is the issue we ran into . We shaved a little of the top to make it shorter and it wasn't able to disingauge and get the car out of gear.
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The white plastic piece was shaved down half way and it wouldn't work.
These knobs are specially designed for the 370z. It has. Few more parts then the 350z.
We also wanted to try using the manual console instead of the automatic because it looks cleaner.

Is there any way to remove the white plastic piece? That is what I did with the g35's. Someone told me that the white plastic piece wont come off? Is this true?

So would it be possible to makeshift a new stick to accommodate the 370Z? I'm not saying you guys need to make it. I'm just curious about what you think?

I swear the knob will go on and work without removing the white plastic piece. Did you try moving the aluminum inner collar (the piece with the set screws) further up? As far up as it would go? I'm just not sure if you tried to move the collar as high up as it would go (and still function) so that the white plastic stick can fully retract.

If you can remove the white piece, the knob can sit lower. That is the only piece that prevents the knob from sitting lower. If the white piece cannot be removed, then small modifications to the knobs design will have to be done to make it work.

We didn't have to remove the white plastic piece. Some people are saying that they want the knob to sit lower. Trying to figure out a way to make the knob sit Lower.

If we remove the white plastic piece how would we move it outta gear?

We will mess around with it more this weekend.

Well on my vehicle, there is a metal shaft underneath the plastic piece. You can literally just pull the plastic piece off. But now I see what you saying... I guess they made the white plastic piece non-removable. Any way to see if that plastic piece goes all the way down or if it is sitting on top of another stick?

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Looking forward to seeing what options/pricing you have Jamaica. :tup:

Thanks guys. Cwis...working on the manual swap also. There is only one DIY done by somtic.

We will get more pics up asap. We are adding the manual boot and to see if we can lower the knob.

I just want to say I truly appreciate you trying to make it lower. It would look so hot if you succeed? Thanks.:tiphat:

To be honest, I will take a lot of modification to make the shift knob sit lower. I am open to ideas to make it lower and cost effective.

Yeah, his DIY is what I used as a basis for what I did. :tiphat: Honestly, I wish I could have just waited for your conversion kit to come out, but what can I say, I'm impatient. :icon17:

But I'm very interested in the knob so looking forward to what you guys can put to market.

I was thinking that alot of guys will prefer having the shift boot and shift knob combo rather then having the manual console swap plus the knob. What do you guys think?

Also we have custom shift boots, any color and stitching. We also have CF boot.

Maybe you should post some pics of what you have already for the 370. My only issue with the post being so high is the boot looks sloppy and big yet the ball looks small compared to the boot. The 350z carbon fiber shift knob was so well executed, I was hoping to replicate the way the boot sat in the console.
I wish I had a suggestion in terms of helping but I know very little about those types of mods. I should say I know nothing in that area. I just know what I find visually appealing. I would love to see what you have in terms of looks for the current height now..

agree. pics of whats in the works right now are helpful.

i think that if theres going to be a boot,it needs to fit "snug" and not look baggy or loose. IF theres a boot.

i think most ppl will agree,that the main concern is to get that knob to sit lower. after that,work on all the other goodies

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No Baggy and sit lower!!!

As of 4/11

We are not able to modify the shifter to make it shift lower. You will actually have to cut into the shifter and produce a whole new piece making the shifter set lower. This will require the whole center console to come apart and will be $$$$. At this time we will offer the knob and the boot. To modify the shifter is just not cost effective at the time. We have plenty of people look in to this.

It just sucks that there's no way to make a manual 'short shifter' work in with the Auto mechanics. I mean, under the trim and all, how different is the Auto shifter linkage from the Manual shifter linkage?

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We have to remember that this isnt a manual car so its going to be harder to convert. Its going to be extremely difficult. The silver outer piece we would have to cut. Second, the whole auto mechanism connects with several pieces that will require cutting and splicing of parts. I never knew it was going to be this difficult. Third the whole automatic console sit about 2 inches higher then the manual.

Just so you know, I'm not hating drew. I think you guys are doing great work and making forward progress. I just wish there wasn't such a difference in the way a manual shifter and an auto shifter connected to the damn transmission. But go figure with our bi-lateral system of always having 2 ways of doing things...

One shifts up and down, the other left to right. :facepalm:

[QUOTE=Jamaica@UAMotorsports;1652541]As of 4/11

We are not able to modify the shifter to make it shift lower. You will actually have to cut into the shifter and produce a whole new piece making the shifter set lower. This will require the whole center console to come apart and will be $$$$. At this time we will offer the knob and the boot. To modify the shifter is just not cost effective at the time. We have plenty of people look in to this.[/Q

Thanks for all the hard work guys, great to see a company that is actually listening to their customers, and trying to produce products that customers want. I know this has been a PITA to accomplish.. Now we all need to support this and open the old wallets, so that we see this kind of service continue! Do we have a price on the knob and boot combo yet? Group buy?

So let me get this right, your telling me that you can adopt any knob to work with a 7Speed automatic? If so how does the mechanism work with you having to push it and change it into the gears? If thats the case do you have to Tommy Kaira shift knob?

^ Not any knob will work with an automatic. There are additional pieces needed to allow the shifter to engage so you can shift into gears. These knobs are specifically made for automatics. But it might be possible to convert a TK to an auto knob...

Well apparently all you need to do is depress the white inner shaft of the shifter to engage shifting. Theoretically you can just take any knob with an appropriately sized hole and pour a ton of quick set epoxy in it, slap it on and you should be good. :rolleyes:

Just push the AT shifter down like you would a MT shifter to go to Reverse.

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At least it sounds good in theory... :bowrofl:

Yea and you would need to pour the epoxy upside down... lol. Unless you find a way to remove the white inner shaft.

I wouldn't mind cutting that white stick down so the knob would sit lower, but that's just me.

Ya alot of guys will like that option but what about the guys want to return the car to stock?

We will have a group buy for the items that we have right now later in the week.

in for group buy

How deep does the hole in the shift knob go? If it went all but maybe .030" it will allow it to sit lower (depending on how deep it is now). I might be looking at it wrong I suppose though

^ Thats pretty much how close it is. I can take a cross-section view and show you if you want. The hole is as deep as possible to make sure the knob can sit as low as possible.

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The most we would be able to get if I were to put a curved surface in the bottom is .10"

At the corners of the hole the distance is very small. About .05" or less.

who is in for a group buy?